Vila Verde nr. Felgueiras

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Results: 7 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal

Scene Description: there may ne a pattern to some of the ribs

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2012 by Joost Limburg

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BU01: design element - motifs - foliage - leaf - lanceolated

Scene Description: all around

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BU02: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: the moulding appears to be part of the basin block

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LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 31 May 2012 by Joost Limburg

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R01: design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

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view of font and cover

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2012 by Joost Limburg

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: notice the curious protrusion at the back of the basin

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 May 2012 by Joost Limburg

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18067VIL
Church/Chapel: Igreja de São Mamede
Church Patron Saints: St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Church Location: Lugar de São Mamede, 4615-463 Vila Verde, Felgueiras
Country Name: Portugal
Location: Porto, Norte
Directions to Site: Located off the N15, in the concelho de Felgueiras
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Joost Limburg, of www.romanicoportugal.org, for his photographs of this font
Church Notes: the church itself is said to date from 1220
Baptismal font of very coarse granite [known locally as 'dente de cavalo'], consisting of a round tapering basin decorated with a double moulding at the upper rim, a torsade ribbed pattern around the sides, and a lanceolated pattern on the underbowl; raised on a circular stem with a moulding at the top, and a round lower base with a roll moulding at the top. There is damage to the upper side of the basin, above where the present lock is situated, perhaps the former anchor for the cover? The wooden cover is a very low octagonal dome, almost flat; appears old, but perhaps not of the date of the font, which is probably 16th-century. [NB: the church here is documented to 1220 but we have no information on the font of that date].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 41.3662, -8.19928
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 41° 18' 17.190" N, 8° 10' 55.612" W
UTM: 29T 566968 4579719

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]